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Blogging special sports events and storiesThu, 27 Oct 2016 18:43:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5Big 12 struggling after first three rounds of NFL Drafthttp://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/05/big-12-struggling-after-first-three-rounds-of-nfl-draft/
http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/05/big-12-struggling-after-first-three-rounds-of-nfl-draft/#respondSat, 02 May 2015 05:15:22 +0000http://blog.mysanantonio.com/big12/?p=6658The Big 12 stumbled out of the gates and all of the other “Power Five” conferences are far ahead in the number of NFL Draft selections after the three rounds concluded through Friday night.

A late run of four selections among the final 30 selections enabled the conference to top its previous low point in terms of draftees. That came in 2014, when the Big 12 had five selections after three rounds.

Heading into the final four rounds in Saturday’s concluding day, the Big 12 has seven players who had been picked in the first three rounds.

One of the biggest surprises to this point of the draft is that Baylor, winner of at least a share of the conference’s last two championships, has not had a player picked.

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty was ranked as one of the top five players at the position, but has been left behind as four quarterbacks have been selected so far ahead of him. Florida State’s Jameis Winston (first pick, Tampa Bay), Oregon’s Marcus Mariota (second pick, Tennessee), Colorado State’s Garrett Grayson (75th pick, New Orleans) and Oregon State’s Sean Mannion (89th pick, St. Louis) all have been chosen.

Here’s an early count of the number of players chosen from each conference so far:

Pac-12 25

Southeastern 22

ACC 20

Big Ten 15

Big 12 7

The Big 12 will need 11 players to be picked on Saturday to top its previous low of 17 players picked in last year’s draft.

Considering the slow start after the first two nights of the draft, it might be a stretch.

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http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/01/ut-football-hicks-mccoy-rejoin-team/#respondMon, 14 Jan 2013 02:01:04 +0000http://blog.chron.com/longhorns/?p=3279AUSTIN — The two Texas players suspended for breaking team rules the day before the Valero Alamo Bowl have rejoined the team, coach Mack Brown announced Sunday.

Linebacker Jordan Hicks and quarterback Case McCoy were sent home from the Longhorns’ bowl trip on Dec. 28, the same day San Antonio police investigated an alleged sexual assault at a downtown hotel.

Last Wednesday, Hicks’ lawyer released a statement saying police told him they were no longer investigating his client’s role in the incident, and McCoy’s attorney made similar comments to the Austin American-Statesman.

According to a statement released by San Antonio police that same day, the case was still being reviewed. But the police had not sent the case to the Bexar County District Attorney’s office.

Sunday night, following the Longhorns’ first meeting since reporting for the new semester, Brown released a statement saying the two players had been reinstated.

“Obviously when you break team rules there’s a certain amount of trust that has been broken, and that will be addressed with further discipline,” Brown said. “That discipline will be handled within the team.”

Both players will be seniors next year.

Hicks led the Longhorns in tackles through their first three games but missed the last 10 after suffering an injury to his hip and groin in September. He is expected to be one of the team’s best players on defense.

McCoy started only one game at quarterback this season after sharing time with David Ash in 2011. McCoy is one of four Texas scholarship quarterbacks who will enter 2013 backing up Ash.

As Hicks and McCoy return, offensive lineman Thomas Ashcraft, tight end Trey Graham and defensive tackle Kyle Kriegel — all of whom are backups who are graduating with a fifth season of eligibility remaining — have decided to pass on that option and leave the program, the school announced.

Meanwhile, four incoming recruits — junior-college tight end Geoff Swaim, linebacker Deoundrei Davis, offensive/defensive lineman Jake Raulerson and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes — have enrolled at UT early and will take part in spring drills.

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http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2011/09/ut-football-quotes-from-a-defense-thats-gaining-confidence/#respondWed, 14 Sep 2011 16:30:59 +0000http://blog.chron.com/longhorns/?p=2131AUSTIN — After limiting its first two opponents to an average of 229 yards and 12.5 points per game, the rebuilt Texas defense will face a more formidable challenge this week. The Longhorns make their first road appearance of the season against UCLA, which is averaging 485 yards and 30.5 points per game a year after shredding the middle of UT’s defense in the second half of a 34-12 Bruins’ victory in 2010.

Carrington Byndom, left, and the rest of the UT defense hope to build on their early season success. (Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Here’s what some of the Longhorns are saying about the state of the defense, and some of its key contributors:

Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz on freshman defensive tackle Ashton Dorsey, who was named the team’s defensive MVP in his first career game last week: “The No. 1 word with him is quickness. … He provides a twitch inside that some of the other guys don’t. He makes himself tough to block, and he can finish.”

Diaz on freshman cornerback Quandre Diggs: “He just does what he does. If he was a stock, his chart has been on the climb ever since he’s been here.”

Running back Fozzy Whittaker on Diggs, generally listed at 5-foot-10: “Quandre needs a step-ladder to get into his vehicle and a phone book to drive it.”

Linebacker Jordan Hicks, on the lessons of the BYU game: “We learned if we do everything right, we can stop the run.”

Defensive back Adrian Phillips on the youth of UT’s secondary: “We might be young, but we play big.”

Cornerback Carrington Byndom on the perception that the Longhorns’ young cornerbacks would be picked on early: “You definitely heard that. Coming in, we were going to be tested a little bit. I think we’ve handled it well, though. Each game we come in and do our job, and things are easy from there.”